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FundRock expands to Ireland
30 January 2017 Dublin
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Alternative investment fund manager FundRock is opening a new office in Dublin, to support its growing Irish funds base...

Pilot complete for London blockchain bullion service
20 December 2016 London
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Euroclear and Paxos have completed a pilot for their blockchain settlement service for the London bullion market...

O’Hanlon on the up at First Names Group
20 December 2016 Singapore
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

First Names Group has promoted Karen O’Hanlon to the position of managing director for its Singapore business, effective immediately...

UK’s clearing benefits won’t pass to the EU
14 December 2016 London
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Although the UK will likely lose its ability to clear euro-denominated transactions when it exits the EU, the economic benefits will probably not be passed to Europe...

GPP builds up new structured products team
30 November 2016 London
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Global Prime Partners has made a spate of senior hires, including Mike Ward as head of new business development, ahead of the launch of its new structures products business...

FSB updates G-SIB list
21 November 2016 Basel
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The Financial Stability Board has revised its ranking list of globally systemically important banks using year-end 2015 data...

Calastone: Tech driving change in asset management
17 November 2016 London
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Asset managers must make an effort to monitor and understand new technology developments, and to adopt them “sensibly” according to a report from Calastone...

DTCC: ‘speedbumps’ remain in road to China
17 November 2016 Hong Kong
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Regulatory differences and a complex local settlement cycle are among the challenges still facing international firms looking to invest in the Chinese markets, according to a paper from DTCC and Celent...

T2S user trio launch network platform
15 November 2016 Paris
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Target2-Securities participants will soon be able to utilise a ‘single point of access model’ with enhanced collateral pooling and post-trade services, through a new collaborative network model set to launch in 2017...

PRIIPs granted 12-month hiatus
09 November 2016 Brussels
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

The European Commission has bowed to pressure from the Parliament and Council and agreed to delay the regulation on key information documents for packaged retail and insurance-based investment products by 12 months...

Hazeltree hires client management ace Ventura
02 November 2016 New York
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Treasury management solution provider Hazeltree has hired J.P. Morgan’s Sal Ventura to its management team as head of client relationship management...

Euroclear secures new CEO
01 November 2016 Brussels
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Euroclear Group's board of directors has settled on Lieve Mostrey to become the post-trade provider’s new CEO, effective 1 January 2017, following the departure of Tim Howell...